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The Early History of God
Mark S. Smith
其他書名
Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel
出版
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
, 2002-08-03
主題
Religion / Comparative Religion
Religion / History
ISBN
1467427632
9781467427630
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=iv-AEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Foreword by Patrick D. Miller
In this remarkable, acclaimed history of the development of monotheism, Mark S. Smith explains how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheistic faith with Yahweh as sole god. Repudiating the traditional view that Israel was fundamentally different in culture and religion from its Canaanite neighbors, this provocative book argues that Israelite religion developed, at least in part, from the religion of Canaan. Drawing on epigraphic and archaeological sources, Smith cogently demonstrates that Israelite religion was not an outright rejection of foreign, pagan gods but, rather, was the result of the progressive establishment of a distinctly separate Israelite identity. This thoroughly revised second edition of
The Early History of God
includes a substantial new preface by the author and a foreword by Patrick D. Miller.